Dear film lovers – you can now find all film news on the enhanced film section of culture360.asef.org. ASEF supports the sharing of content on independent film in Asia & Europe since 2002. We decided to make the film information available through one entry point on the main site. Users can also easily find information here on many other […] More

The 6th Ties That Bind: Asia – Europe Producers Workshop has announced ten finalists for this year – five from Asia and five from Europe. The first will take place during the Udine Far East Film Festival in Italy, 29 April – 3 May. The second, during the Busan International Film Festival (2-11 October). More

HKEX aims to introduce Asian experimental videos to the Hong Kong audience. It provides a platform for cultural exchange among the artists and curators in the Asian cities, nurturing experimental media artists in the region. More

Creative Week will kick off on June 2 in London and comprise The Media Summit, the Broadcast International TV Forum, HD Evolved and The VFX Summit, as well as a number of breakfast events, roundtable seminars, film screenings, drinks parties and a gala reception. More

A total of 15 feature-film projects from 15 countries have been selected for the 10th edition of the Cinéfondation Atelier, which is set to take place as part of the 67th Cannes Film Festival (14-25 May 2014). More

The 20th edition of the Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival will take place from the 16th to 21st September 2014 in Bristol, UK and is calling for film entries for this year’s edition. Short films and animations from all over the globe are eligible as long as they have been completed since 1 January 2012 and […] More

The Florean Art Museum, Romania has announced a call for entries for the International Experimental Film Festival to be held at the beginning of May 2014. This year, films will have two themes: The Specificity of the Experimental Film as a Medium and Urban Space. More

Film.culture360 is attending the 44th Tampere International Short Film Festival in Finland which takes over the city from 05 March until Sunday 9th of March 2014. During five days, more than 100 screenings of short films, silent films and documentary films from all around the world are shown in the city’s four primary cinemas. More

Asian Side of the Doc, to be held in Chengdu, China from 18-21 March 2014, welcomes European and Asian producers whom have projects with co-production potential and will provide a forum where they will be able to meet and network over a four day period. More

Inside Pictures is an intensive film business training and leadership skills development programme for film industry executives from all disciplines (development, production, sales, distribution, marketing, finance, legal and business affairs). More

The programme for the 6th Okinawa International Movie Festival has been announced and features the likes of Antboy, Mr. Go, Fuku-Chan of Fukufuku Flats, Gravity, Grudge Match and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty amongst the schedule. More

Docs in Thessaloniki event in association with the European Documentary Network is an international pitching forum and workshop offering an opportunity to create alliances for future collaborations. Here you will develop & pitch your project and network with European colleagues and financiers in a relaxed and constructive atmosphere. More

Euroscript offer a prize of £1,000stg for script development for writers who enter their competition. Every entrant will received detailed feedback on their entry. All entries must be written in English. More

The Estonian Film Institute has announced support totalling €262,000 for four feature projects from its International Minority Co-Production Fund. Participating countries are France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland and South Korea. More

This weekend, the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival, held on the snow-capped Japanese mountains of Hokkaidō, returns with a feast of science fiction, fantasy and horror film treats for cinema lovers. Beginning on 27 February, the festival lasts for four days, closing on Monday 03 March. More

The Southeast Asian Cinemas Conference 2014 calls for papers based on the theme of genre in Southeast Asian Cinemas. The conference will be held from Monday, July 7 to Thursday, July 10 at the Thai Film Archive in Salaya, Nakhom Pathom. More

Chinese film Black Coal, Thin Ice was the winner of the Golden Bear award at the Berlin Film Festival. The film’s star Liao Fan won the Silver Bear award for best actor while Haru Kiroki won the best actress award for her role in Yoji Yamada’s The Little House. More

Ties That Bind: Asia Europe film producers workshop will take place in Udine (Italy) in April 2014 within the framework of the Udine Far East Film Festival (April 25 – May 3, 2014), with the support of the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF), through its programme Creative Encounters: Cultural Partnerships between Asia and Europe. More

SAAVA, the Southeast Asian Audio-Visual Association was launched by a group of producers from the ASEAN region at ScreenSingapore earlier this week. The non-profit organization aims to “advance creative development across the region, promote Southeast Asian audio-visual content and capabilities internationally, and stimulate collaborations between its members.” Singapore-based founding member of SAAVA, Chan Gin Kai, executive […] More

London and Berlin based world sales and production company of independent documentary and fiction films, Taskovski Films and Asian Network of Documentary (AND) announced its new partnership at Busan IFF/Asian Film Market last month. The partnership take off through the “AND Taskovski Films Asian Talent Fund”, aimed at supporting Asian Documentary within the international market. Taskovski Films’ main activities include promotion […] More

This month, the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) supports the second and final phase of Catch-Tell-Transform: 4th Documentary Filmmakers’ Workshop. This workshop is a capacity-building project based in Manila and builds on a legacy of ASEF projects that have supported young filmmakers from Asia and Europe. More

The Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) announced last month that submissions are open for the 2013 MPA APSA Academy Film Fund. Four USD$25,000 grants will be awarded to projects to further their stories from treatment stage to final script. An initiative of the Motion Picture Association (MPA) in collaboration with APSA since 2010, the MPA APSA […] More

The online social viewing and sharing platform Viddsee will showcase finalist films from Tropfest South East Asia, the regional edition of the world’s largest short film festival after its first public and live screening and judging on 25 January 2014. Tropfest was established 21 years ago in a Sydney cafe to screen a short film […] More

2013 Asian Film Policy Forum, the first and the only film policy forum of its kind in Asia, will be held from 7th to 10th October, at BEXCO in Haeundae, Busan to derive various discussions on film policy and the Asian film industry, promote and share common directions for joint development in the region. The […] More

Southeast Asia is a place of rich diversity and home to over 600 million people. This diversity, a product of centuries of social, cultural, political and religious development, is at the heart of Southeast Asian societies. On one hand, migration, work opportunities, and the flow of cultural goods all create opportunities for people across to […] More